Her stunning youthful looks often turned her into a target for unprofessional film executives in the years after her breakout role, but she refused to become a victim of the so-called 'casting couch' culture and took action when directors tried to take advantage of her.

She tells the New York Post's Page Six column, "I think I broke an ashtray on one director's head. I was really strong so I didn't have that danger facing me."